As the fifth commissioned Chinese opera by NCPA, Rickshaw Boy has taken three years for its birth. NCPA invites a creative producing team with professional strength, creating a special work with old Peking themes full of unique aesthetic value and taste. During the composition of this opera, GUO Wenjing emphasizes its lyrical, dramatic and symphonic nature to bring the advantage of opera into full play. On the base of a full structure, it also adopts some elements from Chinese traditional singing forms like Danxian and Jingyun Drum, with Big Sanxian and Suona in the orchestra, and showcases the unique Peking flavors by means of Beijing folk music and peddling tunes. As the first ever commissioned opera adapted from a modern literature masterwork of China by NCPA, it has a libretto loyal to the original work by Lao She.Using black humours to make the main story line more compact, the drama more intense and the characters more compelling.

Original Tiltle: 骆驼祥子
Year: 2017
Length: 2 Hrs 41mins /2 DVDs
Resolution: HD (DVD)
Produced by: NCPA Art Music (Click to go)